Leanne Ponder and Tim Jennings have been regaling Vermont audiences with tales and music for nearly 20 years.

Perriello - who seems to be far less afraid of being unseated than other Dems in red districts - told Mika Brzezinski on MSNBC's "Morning Joe" that he overheard racist remarks during a series of highly contentious town halls over the summer - and sometimes those comments went uncontested.